New research from McGill University is giving us a new reason to love maple syrup. The research suggests that a concentrated extract of maple syrup could make bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics.

Maple syrup is one of nature's sweetest treats. But it turns out syrup could do much more than make your pancakes taste great. The sticky sap from maple trees may also make antibiotics more effective.

When it’s been concentrated, an extract of maple syrup weakens harmful bacteria, reducing their resistance to antibiotics, according to a new study at McGill University in Canada. Making microbes more ...

Researchers have created a maple syrup extract that enhances the effectiveness of commonly used antibiotics, according to a new study presented at the National Meeting & Exposition of the American ...

Antibiotics are a standard medication often prescribed to patients. However, prolonged usage of these drugs results in not only infected cells, but also healthy ones getting killed. Administering ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) – Maple syrup doesn't just make pancakes better – it could also increase the bacteria-fighting powers of antibiotics. Native populations in Canada have been using maple syrup ...

Maple syrup, a concentrated sap from the maple tree Acer saccarum, is used as a sweet alternative to refined sugar across the world. Scientists are becoming interested in maple syrup as a source of ...

Antibiotics save lives, but there is a downside to their ubiquity. High doses can kill healthy cells along with bacteria, while also spurring the creation of 'superbugs' that don't respond to known ...

A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to laboratory experiments by researchers at McGill University. Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji's ...